CEE 45Q Affordable Housing - A Social Entrepreneurship Startup

Spring 2001

References

Primary Sources for Reading Assignments

1. Domain Investigation, Development of Proposed Solution

• Nieves, Evelyn. 2000. "Many in Silicon Valley Cannot Afford Housing, Even at $50,000 a Year." New York Times, Feb 20.
• Kavanaugh, Jennifer. 2000. "A Place Like Home." Palo Alto Weekly, Mar 15.
• Association of Bay Area Governments. "Population and Job Forecasts" and "Housing" in Silicon Valley Projections 2000, pp. 1-3, 7-10. (www.projections.org/)
• Dees, J. Gregory. 1999. "The Meaning of 'Social Entrepreneurship'." (www.gsb.stanford.edu/services/news/DeesSocentrepPaper.html)
• Drucker, Peter F. 1985. "The Practice of Innovation" in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. New York: HarperCollins. pp. 21-36, 133-140.
• Kelly, Tom. 2001. "Innovation at the Top" and "The Perfect Brainstorm" in The Art of Innovation. New York: Random House. pp. 1-14, 53-66.
• Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University. Working in Groups: A Quick Guide for Students. (www.fas.harvard.edu/~bok_cen/docs/wigintro.html)
• Corey, E. Raymond, ed. "Field Interviews" in MBA Field Studies: A Guide for Students and Faculty. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Division.
• Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University. "Executive Summary" and "Low-Income Housing" in The State of the Nation's Housing: 2000. (www.gsd.harvard.edu/jcenter/Publications/State%20of%20the%20Nation%27s%20Housing%202000/index.html)
• Jones, Tom, William Pettus, Michael Pyatok. 1997. "Families in Need" in Good Neighboors: Affordable Family Housing. New York: McGraw-Hill.
• Gruen, Nina J. 2001. "Urban Divide." Urban Land, March.

2. Development of Initial Business Plan

• Van Slyke, John R., Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts. 1988. The Start-Up Process. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 9-384-179.
• The Roberts Foundation. 2000. Social Return on Investment Reports. (www.redf.org/download/sroi/Overview.pdf)
• Sahlman, William A. 1997. "How to Write a Great Business Plan." Harvard Business Review, July-August.
• Timmons, Jeffry A. 1999. "The Business Plan" in New Venture Creation, pp. 367-407.
• Siegel, Eric S., Brian R. Ford, Jay M. Bornstein. 1993. The Ernst & Young Business Plan Guide, 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, pp. 47-109, 139-166.

3. Development of Final Business Plan and Prototype

• Dees, J. Gregory, Alice Oberfield. 1992. Note of Starting a Nonprofit Venture. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 9-391-096.
• Dees, J. Gregory. 1998. "Enterprising Nonprofits." Harvard Business Review, January-February.
• Dees, J. Gregory. 2001. "Mobilizing Resources" in Dees, J. Gregory, et al., eds. Enterprising Nonprofits: A Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs. New York: Wiley. pp. 63-102.
• Heskett, James L. and Earl W. Sasser. 1997. "Developing Processes that Deliver Value" in The Service Profit Chain. New York: Free Press. pp. 132-152.
• Heskett, James L. 1991. "Lessons in the Service Sector" in Sasser, Earl W., et al., eds. The Service Management Course: Cases and Readings. pp. 48-53.
• Majeska, Kristin. 2001. "Understanding and Attracting Your 'Customers' " in Dees, J. Gregory, et al., eds. Enterprising Nonprofits: A Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs. New York: Wiley. pp. 199-250.
• Heskett, James L., et al. 1994. "Putting the Service-Profit Chain to Work." Harvard Business Review, March-April.
• Collins, James C., and Jerry I. Porras. 1996. "Building Your Company's Vision." Harvard Business Review, September-October.

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